From owner-aic7xxx Wed Dec 16 11:29:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA28789 for aic7xxx-outgoing; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 11:29:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hircine.jk.ml.org (hircine.jk.ml.org [132.241.82.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA28781 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 11:29:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from warlock@hircine.jk.ml.org) Received: (from warlock@localhost) by hircine.jk.ml.org (8.9.2.Alpha2/8.9.2.Alpha2) id LAA26144; Wed, 16 Dec 1998 11:29:13 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 11:29:13 -0800 (PST) From: John Kennedy Message-Id: <199812161929.LAA26144@hircine.jk.ml.org> To: vk@spies.com Subject: Re: Offer to test the linux aic7xxx driver Cc: aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [Venkatesh Krishnamurthi] > I realise that support for the 7890 chipset is still at an > experimental stage and want to know if there was some way in which > I can help test it out. > > I have a ASUS P2B-DS motherboard, with the onboard 7890, and the > linux aic7xxx 5.1.5 driver defaults to using async transfers to > my UW (10K RPM) HDDs. As I see it, it is in my best interest that > the driver gets tested on a configuration similar to mine :-) > > So, if the developers would like me to help with the beta test of > pre-release drivers, I'd be delighted to volunteer my services. I happen to be using one of those now (ASUS P2B-DS motherboard). SMP, so far with only linux-2.1.131 (stock, -ac7 & now -ac11). Right now I'm using all three internal connectors with no problems (LVD, wide and 50-pin). 50-pin only has a CD-ROM, but I've done a fair amount of shuffling files around (with .131 stock) between an old 1G disk I had on the 50 and a 9G disk I had on the wide over to the 18G LVD without any problems (no kernel errors, plus I did a bunch of md5 checksums "just in case"). I was a little worried about the wide since the ASUS-provided cable is intended for that external card-slot connector and probably wants to be externally terminated. Right now, the drive terminates the chain until I get an external terminator. Despite that, it seemed perfectly happy. The -ac11 is using the 5.1.6 driver. It got my LVD drive Ok: kernel: Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST118273LW Rev: 5960 kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 kernel: Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 kernel: (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 80.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15. If I reboot, I could probably dig up some old log files that tell me what I was getting under -ac7 and stock .131. I seem to recall -ac7 had it listed at only 20 Mb/sec, but I don't remember if it was sync or async. --- john To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message